Akhraten
4th-century BC King of Kush
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Akhraten (also transliterated Akhratan) was a King of Kush (ca. 350 BCE – 335 BCE).
| Akhraten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nuri pyramid Nu XIV of King Akhraten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | (c. 350–335 BCE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Harsiotef | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Nastasen or Amanibakhi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Harsiotef? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | BCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | c. 335 BCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Pyramid N14 at Nuri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Meroitic period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akhraten took on at least some titles based on those used by the Egyptian pharaohs.[1]
Akhratan may have been a son of Harsiotef and a brother of Nastasen.[2]
Akhratan is known from a cartouche in a chapel and from a black granite statue found in Barkal Temple 500, now located in Boston (23.735).[2] The statue is headless and is missing its feet.
Akhraten may have been succeeded as King of Kush by Nastasen, but some scholars suggest that a king named Amanibakhi may have ruled between Akraten and Nastasen.[1]
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